Nathan Drake’s next treasure-seeking adventure, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, is finally on the fast track to retailers in North America with a special bonus included in all retail copies of the game.

Nope, not “gold” as the type of chains you might find on your modern day rap-superstar, “gold”, as in industry terms, meaning that a product is ready to be pressed onto discs, then packaged, and thus delivered to a game shop or online retailer. In this case the “gold” status is being applied to Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, a game I have in my own must-have-wish-list along with every other gamer on the planet.

If the mountain of promotional videos, in-game footage demos, and multiplayer betas still haven’t gotten you on the get excite bandwagon for the third installment of the awesome-packed action-adventure series from Naughty Dog studios — hey, different strokes for different folks then. For the lot of us (which includes merry ole’ me) that have a pre-order or day-one cash set on getting Uncharted 3 this November 1st, Sony is adding a special bonus to all retail copies.

How flippin’ great! But what is this special bonus exactly, though? Why a voucher code for early access to the upcoming Starhawk Public Beta taking place around the start of 2012. Starhawk, for those not in the gaming know, is the spiritual successor to Warhawk, which was fondly remembered for it’s tight vehicle & flight combat and addictive online multiplayer — only because it did not have a single-player campaign to begin with I should point out.

Developed by LightBox Interactive, who picked up the series after Incognito Entertainment closed in 2009, Starhawk keeps much of what made the original so great, but is implementing a novel new mechanic that seems to take it’s cues from Little Big Planet, but with characters I’m sure you wouldn’t confuse with the cuddly-likes of Sackboy and friend — basically, the power to create turrets, armories, and what have you during the heat of battle.

Well have more info on Starhawk when we get closer to it’s beta launch date — the final version has a February 1st, 2012 release date — but for now get ready to countdown the days until Uncharted 3 hits retailers (have you seen the Collector’s Edition by the way) the very first day of next month for North America. Oh boy,oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!

The voice of Drake becomes pitch-man for the Collector’s Edition of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception in this funny video from the PlayStation Blog.

Nolan North is a drat voicing god. The actor has had speaking roles in possibly every videogame and cartoon production that you could name. And I’m not kidding about that folks — really, I mean it! Go look him up on Google — go on. I’ll wait here for you while you do…

See?! The man is in everything!

Of course, fans of Naughty Dog’s popular Uncharted series know Mr. North best as the voice of Nathan Drake. And today in the PlayStation Blog video below, he’s using his deep pockets of charm (and boy is he charming, sigh…) to promote the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Collector’s Edition, which you can pre-order right now!

For those unaware, the Collector’s Edition comes dressed in a “Travelling Chest” themed package and includes: a wearable replica Nathan Drake belt buckle, a wearable replica Nathan Drake ring with necklace strap, an exclusive Collector’s Edition Steelbook game case, and the pièce de résistance, an exclusive Nathan Drake statue by Sideshow Collectibles.

And with that, take it away Mr. North…

Uncharted 3 Drake’s Deception won’t be in stores until November 1st in North America — so I hope you save all your pennies for that. Although that’s going to be a pretty hard thing to do, what with the awesome fall line-up games — Resistance 3, Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, and so much more!

The new Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception trailer from Gamescom 2011 is here — and yes, it’s just that good. Check it out!

*Bing* Hello, ladies and gentleman of Ps3Maven flight 8-18-12, this is your Captain speaking. Just want to happily inform you of today’s inflight movie, a real special treat from Naughty Dog studios that won’t fully be released until November.

It’s a new trailer from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception from Gamescom 2011. The PlayStation 3 exclusive is… well really, what does needs to said that hasn’t been said before, other than it still looks smashing-good from all the media and press events (such as the one at Comic Con) the game has been featured in.

As for this snippet of footage, the Gamescom trailer shows off that wily wolf of a treasure hunter Nathan Drake, at an undisclosed airport of sorts, trading blows and bullets with enemies, in usual epic cinematic-style. While topping it all off, trying to catch an air craft in the only way Drake knows how to — please don’t try that at home folks.

VIDEO TO ADD [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubgvpw1CIU]

I hope you enjoyed that trailer as much as I did …Not that I should have, because I’m totally suppose to be flying this plane right now… uhh… oh look flying saucer on your left! Anyway, thanks for flying Ps3Maven — your safe and friendly Internet transportation service!

Be sure to thank your stewardess on your way out and check out what other stories from Gamescon 2011 (say like the PlayStation Vita getting Facebook and Twitter apps) might interest you. Goodbye. *Bing*